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Marsden’s Edwards biography

This past weekend two friends and I traveled from St. Louis to Jacksonville for a wedding, spending a whopping total of 32 hours in the car. Ouch! $4/gallon gas prices didn’t make those hours in...

June 9, 20081 Comment

Favorite Narnia moments (2): Shasta meets Aslan

This is my favorite moment in all the Narnia stories. It occurs in The Horse and His Boy, which is my favorite book in the series. In this scene, the boy Shasta has been left...

June 5, 200814 Comments

Favorite Narnia moments (1): Burnt Marshwiggle

This is one of my favorite moments in C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series. It comes from the scene in the The Silver Chair in which the Queen of the Underworld is using magic to...

May 31, 20081 Comment

Reflections on Habakkuk (3): Learning from the Prophet’s Prayer

God’s answers to Habakkuk’s questions in chapters 1-2 lead to Habakkuk’s song of worship in chapter 3. I love the prayer that Habakkuk begins with in verse 2. NIV: LORD, I have heard of your...

May 27, 20081 Comment

I appreciated these words G.W. Bromiley (Creative Minds in Contemporary Theology, ed. by Hughes, Eerdmans, 1966, pp. 58-9) on assessing Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics. After enumerating a number of the strengths and a number of...

May 23, 20082 Comments

Did Jesus have a particular personality?

I have often heard people say, “since Jesus was God, he could be whatever personality type was needed in a specific situation.” However, I question this statement. First of all, it seems to me that...

May 21, 20085 Comments

Reflections on Hebrews (3): Faith and Sight in Chapter 11

In the past few weeks I have been posting reflections on Habakkuk and Hebrews. This week, my interest in these two books dovetailed as I got into Hebrews chapter 11, the famous “hall of faith.”...

May 16, 2008No Comments

Reflections on Habakkuk (2): As the Waters Cover the Sea

In this post I want to talk about Habakkuk 2:13-14, a passage of Scripture that fills me with hope and optimism. The main bulk of God’s second answer to Habakkuk in 2:2-20 hangs on five...

May 8, 2008No Comments

Reflections on Hebrews (2): Christ’s Superior Sacrifice in 9:11-12

In my continued reading through Hebrews, I am struck by the significance of 9:11-12 within the larger section of 8:1-9:28. In these verses the writer develops a comparison between the annual sacrifice made by the...

May 3, 20082 Comments